CT: Group 7, Trans Identities in Decline, and The Dead Internet Theory

CT: Group 7, Trans Identities in Decline, and The Dead Internet Theory

Why TikTokers are talking about being in "Group 7," a decrease in the number of young people self-identifying as trans and nonbinary, and what it means that over half of the internet's articles are now written by AI.

Resource of the Week - Conversation Kit on Miracles

Elsewhere in culture:

Colleen Hoover, the #BookTok author of It Ends With Us, has another movie adaptation coming out this week called Regretting You. Twitch streamer Emiru was forcefully grabbed by a large man at TwitchCon, and has sworn off future participation in their conference because of how Twitch handled it. The massive power outage at AWS (Amazon Web Services), impacting the functionality of apps, banks, and alarm clocks (just to name a few), is sparking new conversations about the potential dangers of tech monopoly. MrBeast reportedly filed a trademark application for "MrBeast Financial," leading many to suspect that Jimmy Donaldson's newest stunt might be starting his own bank. A trending meme uses a drawing of the White Rabbit (from Alice in Wonderland) pointing at a clock to joke about how much time people do (or don't) have left.

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Ask Axis: "Should we encourage teens to go to parties?"

Ask Axis: "Should we encourage teens to go to parties?"

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20 Jan 7min

Roundtable: Trade School, Grok Deepfakes, Fiber vs. Protein

Roundtable: Trade School, Grok Deepfakes, Fiber vs. Protein

Three Big Conversations: Gen Z heads to trade school en masse - 05:14 The controversy around Grok's creation of deepfake images - 21:26 Fiber is the new protein - 42:00 Slang of the Week: "Choppelga...

16 Jan 57min

CT: Trade School, Fiber vs. Protein, and Grok Deepfakes

CT: Trade School, Fiber vs. Protein, and Grok Deepfakes

Gen Z heads to trade school en masse, fiber is the new protein, and the controversy around Grok's creation of deepfake images. Slang of the Week: "Choppelganger" --> Check out the defenition in our re...

15 Jan 10min

Ask Axis: "How do I talk to my teens about swearing?"

Ask Axis: "How do I talk to my teens about swearing?"

"I recently had a conversation with my teen son about how words he (and everyone else) uses regularly were not considered ok when I was growing up. Can you speak to how language has changed and what i...

13 Jan 12min

Roundtable: "End of Beginning," Gen Alpha's Sushi Obsession, and the Great Meme Reset

Roundtable: "End of Beginning," Gen Alpha's Sushi Obsession, and the Great Meme Reset

Three Big Conversations: Stranger Things star Joe Keery's synthpop song tops the charts - 12:55 Sushi is the new pizza for Gen Alpha - 22:46 the Great Meme Reset that wasn't.- 31:18 Slang of the Wee...

9 Jan 43min

CT: "End of Beginning," Gen Alpha's Sushi Obsession, and the Great Meme Reset

CT: "End of Beginning," Gen Alpha's Sushi Obsession, and the Great Meme Reset

Stranger Things star Joe Keery's synthpop song tops the charts, sushi is the new pizza for Gen Alpha, and the Great Meme Reset that wasn't. Slang of the Week: "Flow State" In Other News: Mr. Beast's c...

9 Jan 10min

CT: 5 Conversation Starters for 2026

CT: 5 Conversation Starters for 2026

We're ready to dive into 2026 and continue supporting you in ways that matter to you and the teens in your life. As you step into the new year and start thinking about your goals for your family and h...

1 Jan 2min

Ask Axis: "I'm worried about my grandkids' phone use. What should I do?"

Ask Axis: "I'm worried about my grandkids' phone use. What should I do?"

"I have two grandchildren, both teenagers, who have had smartphones since before they were 12. I am concerned by some of the behaviors you described in your Smartphone September podcasts. When I pick ...

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